Accession number
PML 352394
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Published
London : Macmillan and Co., 1890.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Notes
"Price four shillings."
"[All rights reserved]".
"London: Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans"--T.p. verso.
Publisher's advertisements (p. [6]-[8] at end, with slip advertising "Sylvie and Bruno" (tipped in), and a "sample page" facsimile from Carroll's original manuscript of Alice's adventures underground.
Dedication hidden in the dedicatory verse 'A Nursery Darling'; the second letters of each line spell the name Marie Van der Gucht.
Cover illustrations by E. Gertrude Thomson; text block illustrations by Tenniel.
Preface dated Eastertide, 1890.
Includes "An Easter greeting to every child who loves 'Alice'", "Christmas greetings (from a fairy to a child)", and publisher's advertisements in the unnumbered pages following main sequence.
Inscribed by the author. On March 25, 1890 Carroll notes in his diary that he wrote in 100 presentation copies, of which this is one. Cf. Williams, Madan & Green.
Housed in red cloth folder inside red cloth and 1/4 red morocco slipcase.
"[All rights reserved]".
"London: Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans"--T.p. verso.
Publisher's advertisements (p. [6]-[8] at end, with slip advertising "Sylvie and Bruno" (tipped in), and a "sample page" facsimile from Carroll's original manuscript of Alice's adventures underground.
Dedication hidden in the dedicatory verse 'A Nursery Darling'; the second letters of each line spell the name Marie Van der Gucht.
Cover illustrations by E. Gertrude Thomson; text block illustrations by Tenniel.
Preface dated Eastertide, 1890.
Includes "An Easter greeting to every child who loves 'Alice'", "Christmas greetings (from a fairy to a child)", and publisher's advertisements in the unnumbered pages following main sequence.
Inscribed by the author. On March 25, 1890 Carroll notes in his diary that he wrote in 100 presentation copies, of which this is one. Cf. Williams, Madan & Green.
Housed in red cloth folder inside red cloth and 1/4 red morocco slipcase.
Description
[11], 56, [8] p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
"Dora Wilcox, from her affectionate cousin the Author. Mar. 25, 1890."--Purple ink on half title page.
Provenance
Dora Wilcox; from the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
Binding
Color pictorial boards with white endpapers.
Classification
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